APPENDIX F: POTENTIAL VEGETATION REFERENCES
Table 1: Potential Vegetation References
Code
Name
Author
101
Forest Habitat Type of Montana. Gen. Tech. Rep.
INT-34.
R.D. Pfister, B.I.
Kovalchik, S.F. Arno,
and R.C. Presby (1977)
102
Key to Montana Forest/Woodland Habitat Types
East of the Continental Divide, developed for RMRS
FIA (FIA Only)
Steve Cooper and Bob
Pfister, 1988.
103
Grassland and Shrubland Habitat Types of
Western Montana. USDA/FS Gen. Tech. Rep. INT66
W.F. Mueggler and
W.L. Stewart (1980)
109
Native Woodland Habitat Types of Southwestern
North Dakota. USDA/FS Research Paper RM-281.
Michele M. Girard,
Harold Goetz, Ardell J.
Bjugstad (1989)
110
Forest Habitat Types of Northern Idaho: A
Second Approximation. USDA/FS Gen. Tech. Ref.
INT-236
Stephen V. Cooper,
Kenneth E. Neiman,
Robert Steele, and
David W. Roberts
(1987)
111
Some combination of references 101 and 110.
USDA Forest Service
112
Classification and Management of Montana’s
Riparian and Wetland Sites. Misc. Pub. #54,
Missoula, MT: Montana Riparian Association.
Hansen, Paul L.; Boggs
Keith L.; Cook, Bradley
J.; et al. (1995)
113
Plant Community Classification for Alpine
Vegetation on the Beaverhead National Forest,
Montana. INT-GTR-362. 1997. 61 p.
Steve V. Cooper, Peter
Lesica, and Deborah
Page-Dumroese.
114
The Vegetation of the Grand River/Cedar River,
Sioux, and Ashland Districts of the Custer NF: A
Habitat Type Classification. Gen. Tech. Rep. RM157. Fort Collins, CO: USDA FS RMFR Ex. St. 68p.
Hansen, Paul L.;
Hoffman, George R.
115
Ecological Sites and Habitat Types of Little
Missouri National Grassland and Western North
Dakota
Jensen, Heisner;
DiBenedetto,
Wessman, Phillipe
199
FSH 2409.21h R-1 Timber Management Data
Handbook. For a description of the vegetative
characteristics please refer to Forest Habitat Types of
Montana; Gen. Tech. Rep. INT-34.
Pfister, Kovalchik, Arno
& Presby (Ref code
101)
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Appendix F: Potential Vegetation References
Code
Name
Author
201
Plant Associations for Region 2: Potential Plant
Communities of Wyoming, South Dakota,
Nebraska, Colorado, and Kansas. Edition 4.
USDA/FS Report R2ECOL-87-2 Barry C.
Johnston (1987)
202
The Black Hills Community Inventory prepared by
the Nature Conservancy authors, Midwest Regional
Office, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Amanda G. McAdams,
Don FaberLangendoen, Diane A.
Stutzman
203
Riparian and Wetland Plant Communities of the
Black Hills. The Nature Conservancy. 12/2000
Hollis J. Marriott and
Don Faber-Langendoen
204
Forest Vegetation of the Gunnison and Parts of
the Uncompahgre National Forests: A
Preliminary Habitat Type Classification. USDA/FS
Gen. Tech. Rep. RM-163.
Vera Komarkova,
Robert R. Alexander,
and Barry C. Johnston
(1988)
205
Forest Vegetation on National Forests in the
Rocky Mountain and Intermountain Regions:
Habitat Types and Community Types. USDA/FS
Gen. Tech. Rep RM-162.
Robert R. Alexander
(1988)
206
Ecological Types of the Upper Gunnison Basin.
Technical Report R2-RR-2001-01, 858pp. Lakewood,
CO; USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Region.
May 2001.
Johnson, Barry C.,
Laurie Huckaby, Terry
J. Hughes and Joseph
Pecor
207
Forest Vegetation of the Medicine Bow National
Forest in Southwest Wyoming: A Habitat Type
Classification. RM-271. USDA Forest Service.
Alexander, Robert R.,
Hoffman, George R.,
and Wirsing, John M.
(1986)
208
Forest Vegetation of Bighorn Mountains,
Wyoming: A Habitat Type Classification. RM-170,
USDA Forest Service.
Hoffman, George R.
and Alexander, Robert
R. (1986)
209
Forest Vegetation of the Arapahoe and Roosevelt
National Forests in Central Colorado: A Habitat
Type Classification. RM-266. 48p.
Karl Hess and Robert
R. Alexander
210
Forest Vegetation of the White River National
Forest in Western Colorado: A Habitat Type
Classification. USDA Forest Service, Research Paper
RM-249, 36p. 1983.
Hoffman, George R.
and Alexander, Robert
R. (1986)
301
Plant Associations of Arizona and New Mexico,
ed. 3. 7/1997. Vol 1: Forests, Vol 2: Woodlands (an
update of the USDA Forest Service SW Region Habitat
Typing Guides, 9/1996, rev 7.1997. Contract R3-9527.).
USDA Forest Service
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Appendix F: Potential Vegetation References
Code
Name
Author
303
Forest and Woodland Habitat Types (Plant
Associations) of Arizona, South of the Mogollon Rim
and Southwestern New Mexico. 2nd Edition. FOR FIA
Region 3 (1987)
USE ONLY
401
Forest Habitat Types of Central Idaho. USDA/FS,
Gen. Tech. Rep. INT-144.
R. Steele, R.D. Pfister,
R.A. Ryker, and J.A.
Kittams (1981)
402
Forest Habitat Types of Eastern Idaho-Western
Wyoming. USDA/FS Gen. Tech. Rep. INT-144.
R. Steele, S.V. Cooper,
D.M. Ondov, D.W.
Roberts, and R.D.
Pfister (1983)
403
Coniferous Forest Habitat Types of Northern
Utah. USDA/FS Gen. Tech. Rep. INT-170.
R.I. Mauk and J.A.
Henderson (1984)
404
Coniferous Forest Habitat Types of Central and
Southern Utah. USDA/FS Gen. Tech. Rep. INT-187.
A.P. Youngblood and
R.L. Mauk (1985)
405
Aspen Community Types of the Intermountain
Region. USDA/FS Gen. Tech. Rep. INT-250
W.F. Mueggler (1988)
406
Riparian Community Type Classification of
Eastern Idaho-Western Wyoming. USDA/FS
Report R4-ECOL-85-01.
A.P. Youngblood, W.G.
Padgett, and A.H.
Winward (1985)
407
Riparian Community Type Classification of Utah
and Southeastern Idaho. USDA/FS Report R4ECOL-89-01
W.G. Padgett, A.P.
Youngblood, and A.H.
Winward (1989)
408
Sagebrush-Grass Habitat Types of Southern
Idaho; Forest, Wildlife, and Range Experiment Station
Bulletin No. 35, Univ. of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho.
M. Hironaka, M.A.
Fosberg, and A.H.
Winward (1983)
409
Steppe Vegetation of Washington; Washington
Agriculture Experiment Station Tech. Bulletin No. 62.
R.F. Daubenmire
(1970)
410
Canyon Grasslands and Associated Shrublands of
West-Central Idaho and Adjacent Areas; Forest,
Wildlife, and Range Experiment Station Bulletin No. 40
E.W. Tisdale (1985)
412
Some combination of references 406 and 407.
USDA Forest Service
413
Some combination of references 401, 403, and 404.
USDA Forest Service
418
Curlleaf Mountain-Mahogany Habitat Types for
Interior West Inventories; from Ecology of Curlleaf
Mountain-Mahogany in Oregon and adjacent areas
USDA Forest Service
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Appendix F: Potential Vegetation References
Code
Name
Author
491
Office Generated codes for RMS FIA to capture habitat
type series and undefined types. FOR FIA USE
RMRS FIA
ONLY
493
Forest Vegetation of the Medicine Bow National Forest
in Southwestern Wyoming: A Habitat Type
Classification. Research Paper RM-271. FOR FIA
USE ONLY
Robert R. Alexander,
George R. Hoffman,
and John M. Wirsing
(1986)
494
Curlleaf Mountain-Mahogany habitat types for Interior
West Inventories: from Ecology of Curlleaf MountainMahogany in Oregon and Adjacent Areas. 162 pp.
Not published. FOR FIA USE ONLY
Dealy, J. Edward
(1975)
501
Riparian Community Type Classification for
Humboldt and Toiyable National Forests, Nevada
and Eastern California. R4-ECOL-95-01. 1995.
Mary E. Manning and
Wayne G. Padgett
502
Westside Mixed Conifer Ecosystems – Plumas,
Lassen, and Tahoe National Forests; Zone 4
Gary Benson (1988)
503
Ecological Type Classification for California:
Mixed Conifer of the Trinity Ultramafic Sheet;
Zone 3
Bud Adamson (1988)
504
Ecological Guide to Eastside Plant Associations;
Northeastern California: Modoc, Lassen,
Klamath, Shasta-Trinity, Plumas, and Tahoe
National Forests. 1988.
Sydney Smith, S.
506
A Classification of Upper Montane Forests in the
Central and Southern Sierras of California. Zone
5. Gen. Tech. Report R5-ECOL-TP-003.
Potter, D. (1994)
507
Some combination of references 504, 513, 514, and
515.
USDA Forest Service
508
CAL-VEG codes. Timber Management Plan Inventory
Handbook, USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest
Region.
June 1995
509
Ecological Guide to Mixed Conifer Plant
Associations in Northwest California. USDA
Forest Service Report R5-ECOL-TP-001.
Jo Ann Fites
510
A Field Guide to Port Orchard Cedar Plant
Associations in Northwest California. USDA
Forest Service Report R5-ECOL-TP-002
Jimerson, Thomas M.
(1994)
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Appendix F: Potential Vegetation References
Code
Name
Author
511
Ecological Guide to Southern California
Chaparral Plant Series. Transverse and
Pennisular Ranges; Angeles, Cleveland, and San
Bernardino National Forests. USDA Forest Service
Report R5-ECOL-TP-005.
Gordon, H. and T.C.
White (1994)
512
A Field Guide to Serpentine Plant Associations
and Sensitive Plants in Northwestern California;
USDA Forest Service Report R5-ECOL-TP-006.
Jimerson, Thomas M.,
et. al. (1995)
513
A Field Guide to the Tanoak and the Douglas-fir
Plant Associations to Northwestern California;
USDA Forest Service Report R5-ECOL-TP-009.
Jimerson, T. M., et. al.
(1996)
514
Coast Redwoods Ecological Types of Southern
Monterey County, California. USDA Forest Service,
Pacific Southwest Forest and Range Experiment
Station. GTR PSW – 107. 1988.
Mark Borchert, Daniel
Segotta, and Michael
D. Purser
515
Blue Oak Plant Communities of Southern San
Luis Obispo and Northern Santa Barbara
Counties, California. USDA Forest Service, Pacific
Southwest Forest and Range Experiment Station. GTR
PSW-139. 1993.
Mark I. Borchert,
Nancy D. Cunha,
Patricia C. Krosse, and
Marcee L. Lawrence
516
A System of Vegetation Classification Applied to
Hawaii. Gen Tech Rep. PSW-76. Berkeley, CA: USDA
Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Forest and Range
Experiment Station. 11 pp. illus.
Buck, M.G., T.E.
Paysen. 1984
602
Vegetation-Soil Units in the Central Oregon
Juniper Zone. Res. Pap. PNW-19. Portland, OR:
USDA Forest Service, Pac. N.W. For. & Range Exp.
Stat. 60 pp.
Richard S. Driscoll,
1964
603
A Preliminary Classification of Forest
Communities in the Central Portion of the
Western Cascades in Oregon. Bull. 4, Coniferous
Forest Biome, Ecosystem Analysis Studies, US/Int.
Biological Program.
Dyrness, C.T., Jerry F.
Franklin, and W.H.
Moir. 1974
604
Plant Communities of the Blue Mountains in
Eastern Oregon and Southeastern Washington.
R6 Area Guide 3-1. Portland, OR: USDA, Forest
Service, Pacific Northwest Region, 62 pp. illus. R6 AG
3-1.
Hall, F.C. 1973
605
Plant Associations of the Fremont National
Forest. R6 Ecol 79-004. Portland, OR: USDA, Forest
Service, Pacific Northwest Region, 106 pp.
W.E. Hopkins, 1979
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Appendix F: Potential Vegetation References
Code
Name
Author
606
Plant Associations of South Chiloquin and
Klamath Ranger Districts, Winema National
Forest. R6 Ecol 79-005. USDA, Forest Service,
Pacific Northwest Region, 96 pp.
W.E. Hopkins, 1979
607
Plant Association and Management Guide for the
Pacific Silver Fir Zone, Mt. Hood and Willamette
National Forests. R6 Ecol 100-1982.
Hemstrom, M.A., W.H.
Emmingham, N.M.
Halverson, S.E. Logan,
C. Topik, 1982
608
Plant Association and Management Guide for the
Pacific Silver Fir Zone, Gifford Pinchot National
Forest. R6 Ecol 130-83. Portland, OR: USDA Forest
Service, Pacific Northwest Region, 76 pp.
Brockway, D.G., C.
Topik, M.A. Hemstrom,
W.H. Emmingham,
1983
609
Forested Plant Associations of the Okanogan
National Forest. R6 Ecol 132-1983. Portland, OR:
USDA, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region. 116
pp.
Williams, C.K. and T.R.
Lillybridge. 1983
610
Plant Associations of the Crooked River National
Grassland, Ochoco National Forest. R6 Ecol 1331983. Portland, OR: USDA Forest Service, Pacific
Northwest Region. 98 pp.
Hopkins, W.E., and B.L.
Kovalchik. 1983
611
Plant Associations of the Central Oregon Pumice
Zone. R6 Ecol 104-1985. Portland, OR: USDA,
Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, 138 pp.
Volland, L.A. 1985
612
Plant Associations and Management Guide,
Siuslaw National Forest. R6 Ecol 220-1986.
Portland, OR: USDA, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest
Region, 121 pp.
Hemstrom, M.A. and
S.E. Logan, 1986
613
Plant Association and Management Guide for the
Western Hemlock Zone, Gifford Pinchot National
Forest. R6 Ecol 230-1986. Portland, OR: USDA,
Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, 133 pp.
Topik, C., N.M.
Halverson, and D.G.
Brockway, 1986
614
Plant Association and Management Guide for the
Western Hemlock Zone, Mt. Hood National
Forest. R6 Ecol 230-1986. Portland, OR: USDA,
Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, 111 pp.
Halverson, N.M., C.
Topik, and R.
VanVickle. 1986
615
Plant Associations of the Wallowa-Snake
Province, Wallowa-Whitman National Forest. R6
Ecol 255-1986. Portland, OR: USDA, Forest Service,
Pacific Northwest Region, 514 pp.
Johnson, C.G. and S.A.
Simon. 1987
616
Plant Association and Management Guide,
Willamette National Forest. R6 Ecol 257-1986.
Portland, OR: USDA, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest
Region, 312 pp.
Hemstrom, M.A., S.E.
Logan, and W. Paviat.
1986
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Appendix F: Potential Vegetation References
Code
Name
Author
617
Riparian Zone Associations, Deschutes, Ochoco,
Fremont, and Winema National Forests. R6 Ecol.
Tech. Paper 279-1987. Portland, OR: USDA, Forest
Service, Pacific Northwest Region. 171 pp.
Kovalchik, B.L. 1987
618
Forested Plant Associations of the Olympic
National Forest. R6 Ecol. Tech. Paper 001-88.
Portland, OR: USDA, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest
Region. 502 pp.
Henderson, J.A., D.H.
Peter, R.D. Lesher.
1988
619
Plant Association and Management Guide for the
Ponderosa Pine, Douglas Fir, and Grand Fir
Zones, Mt. Hood National Forest. R6 Ecol. Tech.
Paper 004-88. Portland, OR: USDA, Forest Service,
Pacific Northwest Region. 132 pp.
Topik, C., N.M.
Halverson, T. High
(1988)
620
Plant Association and Management Guide for the
Grand Fir Zone – Gifford Pinchot National Forest.
R6 Ecol. Tech. Paper 006-88. Portland, OR: USDA,
Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region. 110 pp.
Topik, C., and N.
Halverson. 1988
621
Field Guide to the Forested Plant Associations of
the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest. R6
Ecol. TP 028-91. Portland, OR: USDA, Forest Service,
Pacific Northwest Region. 196 pp.
Henderson, J.A., R.D.
Lesher, D.H. Peter, and
D.C. Shaw. 1992
622
Plant Associations of the Blue and Ochoco
Mountains. R6 ERW TP 036-92. Portland, OR:
USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region. 207
pp.
Johnson, Jr., C.G., and
R.R. Clausnitzer. 1992
623
Plant Association and Management Guide for the
Mountain Hemlock Zone, Gifford Pinchot and Mt.
Hood National Forests. R6 MTH-GP TP-08-95.
Portland, OR: USDA, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest
Region. 101 pp.
Topic, C., D. Smith, N.
Diaz, and T. High.
1995.
624
Mid-Montane Wetland Plant Associations of the
Malheur, Umatilla, and Wallowa-Whitman
National Forests. R6 NR Ecol TP-22-97.
Crowe, Elisabeth A.,
Clausnitzer, Roderick
R. 1997
625
Riparian Ecological Types, Gifford Pinchot and
Mt. Hood National Forests, Columbia River Gorge
National Scenic Area. R6 NR-TP-10-96. Portland,
OR: USDA, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region.
203 pp.
Diaz, Nancy M.; Mellen,
T. Kim. 1996
626
Field Guide for Forested Plant associations of the
Wenatchee National Forest. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNWGTR-359. 335 pp.
Lillybridge, T.R.;
Kovalchik, B.L.;
Williams, C.K.; Smith,
B.G. 1995
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Appendix F: Potential Vegetation References
Code
Name
Author
627
Forested Plant Associations for the Colville
National Forest. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-306.
Williams, Clinton K.;
Kelley, Brian F.;
Williams C.K.; Smith,
Bradley G.; Lillybridge,
Terry R. 1995
628
Vegetation of Two Drainages in Eagle Cal
Wilderness, Wallowa Mountains, Oregon. INT288. Ogden, UT: USDA, Forest Service,
Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station.
42 pp.
Cole, David N. 1982
631
Forest Habitat Types of the Colville Indian
Reservation. Publication No. MISC0110. Pullman,
WA: Washington State University, Agriculture
Research Center. 110 pp.
Clausnitzer, RR. And
B.A. Zamora. 1987
632
Forest Vegetation of Eastern Washington and
Northern Idaho. Tech. Bull. 60. Pullman, WA:
Washington State University, Agriculture Research
Center. 104 pp. illus.
Daubenmire, R. and
Jean B. Daubenmire
634
The Oregon Dunes NRA Resource Inventory,
Siuslaw National Forest.
Carlos Pinto, USDA
Forest Service. 1972
635
Plant Associations of the Commercial Forest of
the Warm Springs Indian Reservation. Warm
Springs, OR: Warm Springs Indian Reservation. 142
pp. illust.
Marsh, R.R., Helliwell
and J. Rodgers. 1987
636
The Forest Communities of Mount Rainier
National Park. Scientific Monograph Series No. 19.
Washington, DC: US Department of the Interior,
National Park Service. 194 pp. illust.
Franklin, J.F., W.H.
Moir, M.A. Hemstrom,
S.E. Greene, B.A.
Smith. 1988
638
Forest Habitat Types of the Spokane Indian
Reservation. Res. Bull. XB-0936. Pullman, WA:
Washington State University, Agriculture Research
Center, 65 pp. illust.
Zamora, B.A. 1983
639
Pacific Northwest Ecoclass Codes for Seral and
Potential Natural Communities. PNW-GTR-418
(contains a combination of the codes in references
602-638)
Hall, Frederick C. 1998
640
Some combination of references 604, 615, 622, 624
USDA Forest Service
641
Field Guide to the Forested Plant Associations of
Southwestern Oregon. R6-NR-ECOL-TO_17-96.
Portland, OR: USDA, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest
Region.
Atzet, Thomas; White,
D.E.; McCrimmon,
L.A.; Martinez, P.A.;
Fong, P.R.; and V.D.
Randall. 1996
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Appendix F: Potential Vegetation References
Code
Name
Author
642
Plant Associations of the Oregon Dunes National
Recreation Area. USDA, Forest Service, Pacific
Northwest Region. R6-NR-ECOL-TP-09-98.
Christy, John A., James
S. Kaga, and Alfred M.
Wiedemann. 1986
643
Major Indicator Shrubs and Herbs on National
Forests of Western Oregon and Southwestern
Washington. USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest
Region. R6-TM-229-1986.
Halverson, Nancy M.
1986
644
Key Species for Plant Associations on the Rogue
River, Siskiyou, and Umpaqua National Forests.
USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region. R6NR-ECOL-TP-026-97.
Seda, Anitihomas
Atzet, and David
Wheeler. 1989,
updated 1997.
645
Major Indicator Shrubs and Herbs in Riparian
Zones on National Forests of Eastern Oregon.
USDA, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region. R6TM-190-1985.
Hopkins, William, and
Robert Rawlins. 1988
646
Major Indicator Shrubs and Herbs in Riparian
Zones on National Forests of Central Oregon.
USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region. R6ECOL-TP-005-88.
Kovalchik, Bernard L.,
William E. Hopkins, and
Steven J. Brunsfeld.
1988
647
Field Guide for the Forested Plant Associations
of the Westside Cascades of Northwest Oregon.
USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region. R6NR-ECOL-TP-02. 2002
McCain, Cindy; Diaz,
Nancy
648
Field Guide to the Forested Plant Associations of
the Northern Oregon Coast Range. USDA Forest
Service, Pacific Northwest Region. R6-NR-ECOL-TP03-02
McCain, Cindy; Diaz,
Nancy
649
Some combination of references 614, 619, and 647
USDA Forest Service
650
Some combination of references 642 and 648
USDA Forest Service
651
Some combination of references 608, 613, 620, and
623
USDA Forest Service
653
Forested Plant Associations of the Oregon East
Cascades. USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest
Region. July 2007. R6-NR-ECOL-TP-03-2007.
Simpson, Michael
901
Habitat Classification System Field Guide for
Upper Peninsula of Michigan and Northeastern
Wisconsin. CRPFS; School of Forestry and Wood
Products, Michigan Technological University,
Houghton, MI. 49931.
Michael S. Coffman, et.
al. 1984
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Appendix F: Potential Vegetation References
Code
Name
Author
902
Field Guide to Ecological Classification and
Inventory Systems of the Huron-Manistee
National Forests. USDA Forest Service, Michigan
State University, and the North Central Experiment
Station.
USDA Forest Service
903
Wayne National Forest Ecological Classification
Handbook. USDA Forest Service, Wayne National
Forest.
Jeffery N. Pearcy,
David M. Hix, and
James R. McClenahen
904
Field Guide to the Native Plant Communities of
Minnesota; the Lautentian Mixed Forest Province.
2003.
Minnesota Department
of Natural Resources
905
A Field Guide to Forest Communities and Habitat
Types of Northern Wisconsin. Department of
Ecology and Management, University of WisconsinMadison. 2002.
Kotar, John, J.A.
Kovach, and T.L.
Burger
906
A Field Guide to Forest Communities and Habitat
Types of Central and Southern Wisconsin.
Department of Ecology and Management, University of
Wisconsin-Madison. 1996.
Kotar, John, and
Timothy L. Burger
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